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• Squatter sovereignty — Squatter Squat ter ( t[ e]r), n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• squatter sovereignty — noun Date: 1854 popular sovereignty 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• squatter sovereignty — [ˌskwɒtə sɒvrəntɪ] Общая лексика: доктрина невмешательства правительства в дела штатов (особ. по вопросу о рабстве), право скваттеров на их участки …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Squatter — Squat ter ( t[ e]r), n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under legal …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• popular sovereignty — 1. the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will. 2. Amer. Hist. (before the Civil War) a doctrine, held chiefly by the… …   Universalium

• Popular sovereignty — or the sovereignty of the people is the political principle that the legitimacy of the state is created and sustained by the will or consent of its people, who are the source of all political power. It is closely associated with Republicanism and …   Wikipedia

• право скваттеров на их участки — General subject: squatter sovereignty …   Универсальный русско-английский словарь



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